Properties and Characteristics of Light

How does light travel?

• light does not travel

• in a straight line until it hits an object

• light travels slow

• light travels in zigzag

What will happen if light waves bounced off the surface of an object?

• it will be absorbed

• it will be reflected

• it will be refracted

• it will be diffused

Which objects reflect light energy?

• lens

• shiny metals and mirrors

• cotton

• wood

___________ is a form of energy that we can see with our eyes.

• image

• reflection

• light

• waves

An image can be seen in a shiny surface when light is ___________.

• refracted

• reflected

• absorbed

• diffused

___________ pass through certain materials like different kinds of lenses.

• sound waves

• heat

• conductor

• light waves

Refraction is the ___________ of light as it travels from one type of material to another.

• absorbing

• scattering

• bending

• diffusing

The pencil looked __________ when submerged in a glass of water.

• the same

• bent/broken

• smaller

• bigger

A lens _________ light.

• absorbs

• reflects

• blocks

• refracts

The light travels _________ in the water and the glass than in the air.

• faster

• slower

• denser

• quicker